holden
See also: Holden
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -əʊldən
Verb edit
holden
- (archaic) past participle of hold
- 1603, Pliny the Elder, translated by Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World. Commonly called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus[1], volume I, London: Adam Fslip, page 348:
- Asses milke is holden for to be thickest, and therfore they use it in stead of renning, to turn milke and gather curds thereof. It is thought also to be very good for to make womens skin faire and white
- c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 37:
- And in the worst construction they conceited Money, or a resignation of that part was holden by the King in France, would beget a Peace at their own will and pleasure.
- 1766, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England:
- The court of sweinmote is to be holden before the verderors, as judges, by the steward of the swein-mote, thrice in every year, the sweins or freeholders within the forest composing the jury.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
- She was pale and trembling. He came to her relief with a fixed despair of himself, which made the interview unlike any other that could have been holden.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Danish haldæn, from Old Norse haldinn, = the past participle of halda (“to hold”). Compare German gehalten.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
holden (neuter holdent, plural and definite singular attributive holdne)
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
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holden
- inflection of hollen:
Dutch Low Saxon edit
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holden
- to hold
German edit
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holden
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English healdan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
holden
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of holden (strong class 7)
infinitive | (to) holden, holde | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | holde | held | |
2nd-person singular | holdest | helde, held | |
3rd-person singular | holdeth, holt | held | |
subjunctive singular | holde | helde1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | holden, holde | helden, helde | |
imperative plural | holdeth, holde | — | |
participles | holdynge, holdende | holden, holde, yholden, yholde |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hōlden, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.